364 ZYGOPHYLLER (Sond) — [Zygophyllum. 
tercte, furrow-striate, somewhat jointed ; leaves on long petioles ; leaflets ; 
obovate, obtuse or mucronulate, oblique at base ; calyx at length glabrous ; 
petals oblong-cuneate ; filaments twice as long as the oblong, fimbriate 
scales ; ovary glabrous, furrowed ; capsule sub-rotund, 5-angled. 
Has. Rocky places. Silverfontein, 2000-3000f. Drege / Sept. Oct. (Herb. E. 
Mey., Sond., T.C.D., Lehm.). 
Stems erect, as thick as a goose-quill ; branches opposite or alternate, branchlets 
gradually more slender, with internodes $2 inch long. Petioles 4-6 lines long, with 
ashort, recurved point. Leaflets pale green, 8-10 lines long, six lines wide, some 
smaller. Stipules lanceolate, a line long, deciduous. Pedune. axillary, simple me. 
bifid, 4-6 lines long. Sepals ovate, one line long, at length reflexed, persistent. 
Petals four lines long, one line wide, yellow. Stam. shorter than the corolla. Cap- 
sule brownish, three lines long and wide. 
22, Z. Meyeri (Sond.) ; suffruticose ; branches herbaceous, primary 
4-sided ; leaves on long petioles ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, oblique . 
base ; calyx glabrous, the younger downy ; sepals roundish, obtuse ; 
petals obovate ; filaments twice as long as the oblong, ciliate Sane 
scales ; ovary globose, glabrous, smooth ; capsule? Z. focidum, £. 
Mey. non Schrad. 
Has. Modderfontein and Mierenkasteel, 1000-2000f. Drege! Aug. (Herb. E. 
ey Cerne preceding and fi from the first by its 4-sided 
ied to the ing and following species ; known from the ry its 4° é 
not furrowed branches ; from the latter by its remarkably quadrangular a 
glabrous calyx and the long cilia of the staminal-scales. Branches and brane 8 
opposite, curved. Petioles in the lower or larger leaves half inch long, a 
upper shorter. Larger leaflets 12-14 lines long, ten lines wide, very oblique 
base ; upper 4-6 lines long, 3-4 wide. Stipules ovato-lanceolate, one line tong, 
Flowers 5-fid, yellow, little smaller than in the following. Petals narrower an 
not lacerate at the point. Stamens shorter than the petals. Style subulate. 
98. Z. foetidum (Schrad. and Wendl. Sert. Han, p. 17. t. 9) 5 suf 
fruticose ; branches herbaceous, the primary terete, scarcely striolate;— 
leaves on long petioles, leaflets obovate, obtuse, oblique at base ; calys 
pubescent, sepals rounded, obtuse ; petals broadly obovate, inciso-den- 
tate ; filaments 3-4 times longer than the oblong, ciliato-serrate scales ; 
ovary sub-globose, sub-sulcate ; capsules oval-sub-rotund, 5-angled. DO. 
Prod. 1.p.705. Z. Fabago, Thunb. Cap. p. 543, non L. 4. wmswave 
Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 372 (a form with narrower petals). Z. retrofractum 
E. & Z.! 755 non Thunb. Z. Lichtensteinianum, E. & Z.! 754 &% ast 
Has. Interior regions, Thunberg. Among shrubs at the Zwartkop’s River, Uit. 
and Gauritz R., Swell. £. dé Z./ Stony places between Zwarteberg and Kendo, 
2000-3000f. Drege. Aug.-Dec. (Herb. Thanb., Sond., T.C.D., Lebm. ) 
_ Asmall shrub, 2-4 feet high, mostly with elongated branches and branchlets. 
long, keeled, with a lanceolate, finally reflexed point. Larger 
6-10 lines wide, obliquely narrowed at base, penninerve’ 
shorter, 4-6 lines long, 3 a 
